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PA28R pilot reported a gear up landing due to the automatic landing gear extension override lever being on.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1522345 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201802 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28R Cherokee Arrow All Series |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40 Flight Crew Total 1150 Flight Crew Type 147 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Gear Up Landing |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 1500 Vertical 300 |
Narrative:
Departed. At 500 ft agl; safe airspeed (>80 kts); flaps up; gear up; fuel pump off turned cross wind at 1200 ft. At that point an aircraft announced that it was coming in from north for downwind; looked for aircraft coming in from north; no joy. Turned downwind. Called for aircraft coming in from north. Soon after turn; aircraft from the north announced he could see me; that he was behind me and would maintain safe distance. At approximately abeam mid-field; another aircraft announced it was entering pattern on base from the west. I began looking and began my setup abeam touchdown point; flaps; power; 500 ft descent; at that point I saw the aircraft coming in on base; higher than me; to my right about 1/2 mile. I communicated; and he stated he would extend his downwind. I turned base a little early to avoid other aircraft approaching on base; this created shorter final than usual but I kept me airspeed under control with power below my normal setting of 15-17 at about 12 inches; full prop; and was at 85 kts. Approach was stable and shallow for short field 1 white; 3 red; full flaps. My aiming point established; upon reaching aiming point flared stabilized; removed power; strike. Slid slightly right of center line. Stopped. Secured aircraft; mags; batt; and alternator. Later moved mixture to off; fuel off. At no time did the gear horn activate despite the low power settings and full flaps.recommended action - checklist to be modified to verify auto gear extension override setting; and gear warning horn operation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PA28R pilot reported a gear up landing due to the automatic landing gear extension override lever being on.
Narrative: Departed. At 500 ft agl; safe airspeed (>80 kts); flaps up; gear up; fuel pump off turned cross wind at 1200 ft. At that point an aircraft announced that it was coming in from north for downwind; looked for aircraft coming in from north; no joy. Turned downwind. Called for aircraft coming in from north. Soon after turn; aircraft from the north announced he could see me; that he was behind me and would maintain safe distance. At approximately abeam mid-field; another aircraft announced it was entering pattern on base from the west. I began looking and began my setup abeam touchdown point; flaps; power; 500 ft descent; at that point I saw the aircraft coming in on base; higher than me; to my right about 1/2 mile. I communicated; and he stated he would extend his downwind. I turned base a little early to avoid other aircraft approaching on base; this created shorter final than usual but I kept me airspeed under control with power below my normal setting of 15-17 at about 12 inches; full prop; and was at 85 kts. Approach was stable and shallow for short field 1 white; 3 red; full flaps. My aiming point established; upon reaching aiming point flared stabilized; removed power; strike. Slid slightly right of center line. Stopped. Secured aircraft; mags; batt; and alternator. Later moved mixture to off; fuel off. At no time did the gear horn activate despite the low power settings and full flaps.Recommended action - checklist to be modified to verify auto gear extension override setting; and gear warning horn operation.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.